diff --git a/fetch b/fetch
index 20565e8c..a848773e 100755
--- a/fetch
+++ b/fetch
@@ -1098,16 +1098,16 @@ getmemory () {
 # Song {{{
 
 getsong () {
-    if type -p mpc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if pgrep "mpd" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         song="$(mpc current)"
 
-    elif type -p cmus >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    elif pgrep "cmus" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         song="$(cmus-remote -Q | grep "tag artist\|title")"
         song=${song/tag artist }
         song=${song/tag title/-}
         song=${song//[[:space:]]/ }
 
-    elif type -p mocp >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    elif pgrep "mocp" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         song="$(mocp -Q "%artist - %song")"
 
     else